RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The epidemiology of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis in children
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 171
OP 174
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302156
VO 99
IS 2
A1 Crawley, Esther
YR 2014
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/99/2/171.abstract
AB Most paediatricians regularly see children with chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalitis (CFS/ME) in their clinics and yet we know little about how common it is, who is affected, whether there are risk factors and how likely a child is to recover (or what might predict recovery). Recent research suggests that this illness is more complicated than previously thought and that rather than being an illness found in middle class families, it is more common in those who are socially deprived. This article reviews what is currently known about this important but little understood condition.